Genetics
Grade 5•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can identify some inherited traits and some traits that are not inherited.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain the difference between a dominant and a recessive trait, using an example from Mendel's pea plant experiments.
2. Define the terms "genotype" and "phenotype" and explain how they are related.
3. In pea plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t). Use a Punnett square to determine the possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring from a cross between a heterozygous tall plant (Tt) and a short plant (tt). What percentage of the offspring would you expect to be short?
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Educational Video
How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics - Hortensia Jiménez Díaz
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